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Currently Reading: Over The Hills And Far Away: The Life Of Beatrix Potter by Matthew Dennison

US Publication Edition - Advanced Reading Copy

Hardcover, 304 pages

Expected publication:
April 4th 2017
by Pegasus Books

ISBN 1681773503

Beatrix Potter is one
of the world's bestselling, most cherished authors, whose books have
enchanted generations of children for over a hundred years. Yet how she
achieved this legendary status is just one of several stories of Beatrix
Potter's remarkable and unexpected life.

Inspired by the
twenty-three 'tales', Matthew Dennison takes a selection of quotations
from Potter's stories and uses them to explore her multi-faceted life
and character: repressed Victorian daughter; thwarted lover; artistic
genius; formidable countrywoman. They chart her transformation from a
young girl with a love of animals and fairy tales into a bestselling
author and canny businesswoman, so deeply unusual for the Victorian era
in which she grew up.

Embellished with photographs of Potter's
life and her own illustrations, this short biography will delight anyone
who has been touched by Beatrix Potter's work.

UK Hardcover Edition
Published October 6, 2016
Head of Zeus Publishing

You can expect a full review soon. I am enjoying reading 'Over the Hills and Far Away' immensely. Personally, I prefer the above US cover but to each his own, as the saying goes!

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I agree that this short biography will delight anyone who has been touched by Beatrix Potter's work. The photos Potter's life and particularly her own illustrations take me right back to primary school!

But there was a sadness in Potter's life that resonates over the decades. No worse than other women of her family background of course, but limited by societal or family expectations at every turn. She was a courageous, talented woman.

Thanks for the linkHelshttps://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/beatrix-potter-artist-photographer.html

I am a writer and Independent scholar of Victorian studies. I research the personal life of Alfred Lord Tennyson, his wife and sons. Also, I am interested in the life of pioneering photographer Julia Margaret Cameron and her sitters.
My article on May Prinsep was published as part of the Julia Margaret Cameron Bicentenary Conference, University of Portsmouth, UK. I have given talks on Alfred Lord Tennyson in the US and UK. My articles on Alfred Lord Tennyson have been published on various blog sites as well.
I’ve written guest post articles on author websites from notable nineteenth century authors ranging from: The Bronte Sisters to Jane Austen and those fascinating Pre-Raphaelite artists and muses.